Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-06-29

or blower at the works is being work
ed to its full capacity-still running
at 2 O'Clock this morning at the rate
OF 60 strokes per minute-twioe the
ordinary speed. All fear of the air
pipe Being melted off by the FIRE in
the depths is obviated by the fact of
the five or six inches OF water used
by the compressor, flowing down the
pipe itself.
EXPERIMENTAL RELIEF.
At 1880 o'clock last evening, it
was resolved to test the possibility of
a descent into the shaft. Numerous
handy and willing miners were wait
ing near at hand, perfectly willing to
go down to the rescue of their COM
rades in case they could do so. Four
lighted lanterns were placed upon the
double cage and carefully lowered to
the 1900 level. When they returned
to the surface, all were completely
extinguished, showing conclusively
that human life co aid not exist where
those lights had been.
AsPHYxIATED.
The first alarm of.the fire below was
communicated to the surface by a
strong puff of smoke up the shaft.
A cloud of that strong, gaseous, dead
ly emanation from confined burning
wood. directly filled the hosting works
building. 1t was perfectly sitting to
all the engineers, firemen and other
surface employees, but no one deserted
his post until he dropped down and
was carried out gasping, into the fresh
air. Several were thus brought forth,
yet each eagerly returned to duty as
soon as able. The ventilators and
windows were speedily opened, which
bettered the condition in that respect
very materially.
LIVELY EXPERIENCE.
Nick Jenkins, working with three
other miners on the GOO level, thus
tells what he knows about it: ave
were just through eating our supper,
shortly after Z o'clock, and were en-.
joying cigarette smoke. Suddenly
we smelt something unusual in the
way of smoke. We were about 500
feet from the shaft station. l said,
I'll 60 and see what it is. b, fore
got half way to the station my candle
light died out in the smoke, and
hurried back as fast as I could, CIV
ing the alarm that there was a fire
somewhere. We broke for the Saw
age shaft right lively, the smoke fol
lowing us faster than we could walk
We made the GOO station all right
however, and were very much graft.
fed to be on top"
THE LATEST FROM THE MINE.
At $50 o'clock this Saturday,
morning the smoke emerging from
the shaft is much diminished. Fol
several hours the rescue gang have
been sounding the ground between
them and their imprisoned fellow
miners. They have just given las
signal, which was not answered
They are preparing to send off an
other
WHAT sUPT. PATTON SAID.
A reporter of the Enterprise calico
on Superintendent Patton, of th.
Consolidated California and Virginia
last night.
Mr.. Patton had just returned from
underground, and from him the re
porter gained the following particu
lars:
cat 7:15 last evening Superintend
ent Lyman telephoned to me that hi
shaft was on fire, and that men wer
in the 1900 drift, and asking for help
Knowing that the only connection
between the two mines and that leve
was through the Sutro tunnel, ant
from thence through drift running
westerly to the bottom of an inclin
down 200 feet from the 1900 station
of the Gould and Curry shaft, l i'm
mediately went to that point an
found that the 1900 station of tn
Gould and Curry shaft was mass G
flames. That located the fire. Now
seeing that there was no possible e;
cape for the men in that direction,
Immediately commenced putting i
bulkheads, with view of smotherine
as much as possible, the fire, by shut
ting off the supply of air, and pei